Documentary Features Brain-Computer Interface

So Much, So Fast documents five years in the life of Stephen Heywood, who was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease (also known as ALS) at 29. In 2004 he became a clinical trial volunteer to test Braingate, the brain-computer interface created by Cyberkinetics. Here’s an excerpt of the synopsis: When asked what he would do […]

So Much, So Fast documents five years in the life of Stephen Heywood, who was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease (also known as ALS) at 29. In 2004 he became a clinical trial volunteer to test Braingate, the brain-computer interface created by Cyberkinetics. Here's an excerpt of the synopsis: Somuchsofast

When asked what he would do differently in the five years since hisALS diagnosis, Stephen Heywood replied, “Have more sex on film.”

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Stephen’s position is you can’t live everyday like it’s your last (since you’d be hung over every morning).
Instead, he gets married, has a son and rebuilds two houses. He and hiswife Wendy’s laser-like observations of the world and their predicamentgo to the heart of the fragility of being alive.

Here's a review of the movie, which is playing in Boston through November 9.